Solutions Architect (Enterprise Architecture, Microsoft, Oracle, AWS)

Zohorecruit; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Government Entity in Cape Town seeks an experienced Solutions Architect to lead enterprise-aligned solution design across information architecture, system portfolios and integration.

You will collaborate with Development and Enterprise Architecture to ensure architecture and applications stay in sync, translating business needs into robust designs and detailed documents.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in IT or related field with relevant certification.
• Minimum 7 years of experience as Solutions Architect with Microsoft/Oracle/AWS.
• Experience with CRM and ERP software and enterprise integration.
• Strong presentation and communication skills; cloud knowledge essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution design ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
• Collaborate with Development and Enterprise Architecture teams.
• Provide architecture guidance to development teams.
• Conduct business interviews to translate needs into designs.
• Prepare risk assessments, business cases, and functional designs.
• Produce process analyses, design documents and best-practice reviews.
• Present deliverables to stakeholders and run playback sessions.

Skills

Solutions Architecture

Cloud computing

CRM experience

ERP experience

Communication skills

SDLC/ALM/Agile

Education

Bachelors in IT/CS

Tools

Integration tools

ETL tools

Job description

Cape Town, South Africa | Posted on 09/10/2026

A governmententity is hiring a Solutions Architect to lead solution design that fits theenterprise: information architecture, system portfolios and integration, not adesign that looks good and breaks the landscape.

You will sitwith departments, test the idea, write the case, and hand development teams adesign they can build.

The Role:

You lead theprocess of developing solutions from predefined processes, guidelines and bestpractices, so the result fits the enterprise architecture. You know theapplication portfolio, and you work with Development and EnterpriseArchitecture so design, architecture and applications stay aligned.

What you will do:

• Leadthe development of solutions based on predefined processes, guidelines and bestpractices, so the solution fits the enterprise architecture in informationarchitecture, system portfolios and integration requirements.
• Understandthe application portfolio landscape of the government entity.
• Workclosely with Development and Enterprise Architecture teams on solution design,architecture and application alignment.
• Providesolution architecture guidance to application development teams.
• Interviewkey role-players across departments to understand business processes, needs andchallenges.
• Conductfeasibility studies.
• Preparebusiness cases and conduct an initial risk assessment.
• Conductsolution assessments and validation.
• Presentdeliverables for playback to the government entity, and run playback sessionsto confirm that information from documents and interviews is correct.
• Producea detailed functional design document to match the government entity'srequirements.
• Produceprocess flow analysis and process redesign documents.
• Sharebest practices and be consultative to teams and the government entity.
• Collaboratewith Technical Architects, Technology Managers and Application DevelopmentManagers on a technical specification for custom development and systemsintegration.
• Providecurrent best practices and third-party solution alternatives in the functionaldesign, aligned to the government entity's standards and application portfolioroadmaps.
• Participatein, and lead when needed, project meetings with the government entity.
• Participatein internal projects as required.
• Convertbusiness requirements into solution designs, with good judgment and a pragmaticeye on constraints.
• Balancealternatives against business and financial limits, and manage expectationswhile you do it.
• Presentand communicate clearly, including playback to the government entity.
• Bringproven solutions consulting experience in large enterprises.

Requirements

What you bring:

Minimum qualifications and competences:

• Atertiary qualification in Computer Science and/or Software Engineering and/orInformation Systems and/or Information Technology, and/or a related technicalcertification in an IT field.
• Aminimum of 7 years' experience with Microsoft and/or Oracle and/or AWS as aSolutions Architect.
• Experiencewith Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) software.
• Experiencewith enterprise integration tools and Extract, Transformation and Load (ETL)tools.
• Strongpresentation and communication skills.
• Goodknowledge of cloud solutions, services and cloud development.
• Theability to understand business requirements and convert them into solutiondesigns.
• Knowledgeof web-based, service-based, enterprise application and mobile applicationarchitecture, and experience managing expectations when balancing alternativesagainst business and financial constraints.
• Goodjudgment and a pragmatic approach to delivering a solution that optimisesarchitecture across the government entity's needs, business constraints andtechnological realities.
• Participationin, and familiarity with, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), ApplicationLifecycle Management (ALM) and Agile project management methodologies.
• Provensolutions consulting experience in large enterprises.

READY TO DRAW THE FIT?

If you can turn a department'sproblem into a design the portfolio can hold, this seat is open.